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4X

genre of strategy-based video and board games
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4X

Summary

4X is a video game genre[1]. 4X ranks in the top 9% of video_game_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (854 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 4X's image is recorded as Freeciv-net-screenshot-2011-06-23.png[3].
  • 4X's instance of is recorded as video game genre[4].
  • 4X's instance of is recorded as boardgame genre[5].
  • 4X's subclass of is recorded as strategy video game[6].
  • 4X's Commons category is recorded as 4X video games[7].
  • 4X's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0349q2[8].
  • 4X's topic's main category is recorded as Category:4X video games[9].
  • 4X's different from is recorded as empire-building video game[10].
  • 4X's different from is recorded as 4X[11].
  • 4X's has list is recorded as list of 4X video games[12].
  • 4X's Giant Bomb ID is recorded as 3015-214[13].
  • 4X's Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID is recorded as 4x_game[14].
  • 4X's PCGamingWiki ID is recorded as Glossary:4X[15].
  • 4X's OLAC video game genre vocabulary ID is recorded as 1009[16].
  • 4X's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/FourX[17].
  • 4X's MobyGames genre ID is recorded as 142[18].
  • 4X's UVL group ID is recorded as 4xstrategy[19].
  • 4X's Lutris genre ID is recorded as 54[20].
  • 4X's GitHub topic is recorded as 4x[21].
  • 4X's Glitchwave genre ID is recorded as 4x[22].
  • 4X's RetroAchievements game ID is recorded as 11000[23].
  • 4X's RAWG tag ID is recorded as 4x[24].
  • 4X's GameFAQs genre ID is recorded as 306[25].
  • 4X's VideoGameGeek genre ID is recorded as 2391[26].
  • 4X's GameSpot genre ID is recorded as 3[27].

Why It Matters

4X ranks in the top 9% of video_game_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (854 views/month).[2] 4X has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] 4X is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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